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1:13	Nathan Bomey - Thanks for joining me! The event has started.

1:14	Nathan Bomey - General Motors officials are discussing their engineering partnership with the University of Michigan. The partnership includes the advanced battery lab announced in January at the North American International Auto Show.

1:15	Nathan Bomey - Check out more about the battery lab at this story I wrote in January. http://bit.ly/SpGsy

1:17	Nathan Bomey - Tom Stephens, GM's new vice chairman for global product development, is speaking. Call him the new Bob Lutz.

1:19	Nathan Bomey - Official name of the partnership is the GM/U-m Institute of Automotive Research and Education.

1:20	Nathan Bomey - The main goal of the institute is to join U-M researchers with GM engineers to accelerate vehicle technology -- particularly in the alternative propulsion arena.

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Nathan Bomey - "Engineering collaborations like this are critical. No single company, no single university and certainly no single government agency can act on its own to successfully address both the growing worldwide demand for energy as well as the ever more stringent environmental requirements," Stephens said.

1:25	Nathan Bomey - U-M has 12 faculty members dedicated to the GM battery lab, said David Munson, U-M's Robert J. Vlasic dean of engineering.

1:28	Nathan Bomey - Quick link for you: My column earlier this year asserting that the Ann Arbor region can lead the auto industry's charge to develop new vehicle battery technology.

1:34	Nathan Bomey - Munson said the battery lab's "focus is in rapid progress in electrification of the drivetrain."

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